John Calvin Commentary Mark 16:3

"And they were saying among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the tomb?" — Mark 16:3 (ASV)

And they said among themselves. Mark alone expresses this doubt; but as the other Evangelists relate that the stone was rolled away by the angel, it may easily be inferred that they remained in perplexity and doubt about what they should do, until the entrance was opened up by the hand of God.

But let us learn from this that, in consequence of being carried away by their zeal, they came there without due consideration. They had seen a stone placed before the sepulcher, to hinder anyone from entering. Why did this not occur to them when they were at home and at leisure, if not because they were seized with such fear and astonishment that thought and recollection failed them? But as it is a holy zeal that blinds them, God does not charge them with this fault.